Black throated finch & Adani

25th May 2021
On Tuesday, Adani lost a Federal Court decision about drawing 12.5 billion litres of water from the Suttor River to wash coal and suppress dust at the Carmichael mine. The decision came two and a half years after lodging the case that alleged the Morrison Government broke its own laws when assessing Adani’s water-guzzling mine. The Federal Court has ruled in favour of the claim. Water is so precious anywhere let alone on our continent and Adani had planned to use 12.5B Litres.

26th May 2021
Official counts of the black-throated finch at the Carmichael coal mine site recorded an 82% drop between 2019 and 2020, according to the first official survey conducted for Adani. The small bird proved to be the one of the biggest hurdles to the mine’s approval, with Adani’s management plan for the finch finally getting the green light in 2019. The Black-throated Finch Management Plan 2020 annual report, produced by Red Hill-based Woongal Environmental Services last July and obtained by Brisbane Times this week, shows the number of the endangered birds in the surveyed region dropped from 1026 in 2018 to just 185 in 2019.